Gogo Business Aviation is a division of Gogo Inflight Internet is a provider of in-flight broadband Internet service and other connectivity services for business aircraft. It is headquartered in Itasca, Illinois.

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Aircell began in 1991 in a barbecue joint in Denison, Texas, where company founder Jimmy Ray sketched his idea for an affordable telephone system for private airplanes on a paper napkin. Through a partnership with cellular providers, Aircell began providing analog-based voice communications on private aircraft in North America.

In 1998, Aircell received an FCC waiver granting it authority to operate its analog network.[3]

On August 1, 2007, American Airlines partnered with Aircell to offer broadband on American's flights.[4] On September 13, 2007, Virgin America partnered with Aircell to add broadband capabilities to their flights.[5]

On January 22, 2008, American Airlines completed the first aircraft installation of the Aircell Internet broadband connection at American's Kansas City maintenance base.

On August 5, 2008, Delta Air Lines announced it was installing Aircell's Gogo Inflight system on all of its airplanes over the subsequent year.[6] Delta later decided to filter pornographic content on its flights after customer and employee responses.[7] Delta now operates Gogo on all of its mainline and two-cabin regional aircraft,

On August 20, 2008, Gogo went live on American Airlines.

On May 12, 2009, AirTran Airways announced it would install Aircell's Gogo Inflight System on all of its airplanes by late July 2009.

In June 2011, Aircell became a division of Gogo as part of a re-branding effort.

On February 24, 2010 Alaska Airlines announced it would install Aircell's Gogo Inflight system on all of its airplanes.

October 2012, Aircell is awarded Dristribution Partner status by Inmarsat for its SwiftBroadband L-Band service